1997 Italian Open – Men's singles

1997 Italian Open ESP Álex Corretja CHI Marcelo Ríos 64 (5WC Wild cards/8Q Qualifiers) 16 7–5, 7–5, 6–3 1997 Italian Open Álex Corretja defeated Marcelo Ríos in the final, 7–5, 7–5, 6–3 to win the men's singles tennis title at the 1997 Italian Open.Serras Manel Corretja se corona en el Foro Itálico Corretja is crowned at the Foro Italico https://elpais.com/diario/1997/05/19/deportes/863992814_850215.html 12 December 2022 El País 19 May 1997 esInternational Tennis Federation World of Tennis 1998 1998 CollinsWillow London 9780002188241 John Barrett 149 Thomas Muster was the two-time defending champion, but lost in the second round to Scott Draper. Seeds USA Pete Sampras (first round) USA Michael Chang (first round) AUT Thomas Muster (second round) RUS Yevgeny Kafelnikov (third round) NED Richard Krajicek (second round) CRO Goran Ivanišević (semifinals) CHI Marcelo Ríos (final) ESP Carlos Moyà (third round) RSA Wayne Ferreira (first round) ESP Álex Corretja (champion) ESP Álbert Costa (third round) GER Boris Becker (third round) ESP Félix Mantilla (first round) GBR Tim Henman (second round) SUI Marc Rosset (third round) AUS Mark Philippoussis (first round) Draw Finals Semifinals Final 7 CHI Marcelo Ríos 6 3 6   ESP Alberto Berasategui 3 6 1 6 CRO Goran Ivanišević 65 64   10 ESP Álex Corretja 77 77   7 CHI Marcelo Ríos 5 5 3     10 ESP Álex Corretja 7 7 6     Top half Section 1 First round Second round Third round Quarterfinals 1 USA P Sampras 65 4     USA J Courier 77 6   Q ESP A Portas 79 77     GBR G Rusedski 67 64     ESP F Clavet 6 3 3 Q ESP E Benfele Álvarez 4 6 6 Q FRA J Golmard 5 4   15 SUI M Rosset 7 6   9 RSA W Ferreira 6 5 65   SWE M Larsson 4 7 77   SWE T Johansson 5 6 6 Q ITA D Sanguinetti 7 3 2 Q FRA F Santoro 6 6     ITA R Furlan 4 1   WC ITA O Camporese 3 5   7 CHI M Ríos 6 7     USA J Courier 77 6   Q ESP A Portas 65 2   Q ESP E Benfele Álvarez 5 77 3 15 SUI M Rosset 7 63 6   SWE M Larsson 77 6     SWE T Johansson 64 3   Q FRA F Santoro 2 2   7 CHI M Ríos 6 6     USA J Courier 77 6   15 SUI M Rosset 65 3     SWE M Larsson 6 5 4 7 CHI M Ríos 4 7 6   USA J Courier 3 6 64 7 CHI M Ríos 6 3 77 Section 2 First round Second round Third round Quarterfinals 4 RUS Y Kafelnikov 7 77     ESP J Sánchez 5 65     AUS T Woodbridge 5 1     NED P Haarhuis 7 6     CZE D Vacek 3 4     ESP A Berasategui 6 6     AUS P Rafter 6 3 6 13 ESP F Mantilla 1 6 4 11 ESP Á Costa 7 6     GER A Rădulescu 5 2     USA J Tarango 5 3     NED J Siemerink 7 6     GER M-K Goellner 77 6     USA J Stark 64 4   WC ITA D Nargiso 5 3   5 NED R Krajicek 7 6   4 RUS Y Kafelnikov 77 3 6   NED P Haarhuis 65 6 3   ESP A Berasategui 3 6 7   AUS P Rafter 6 4 5 11 ESP Á Costa 6 6     NED J Siemerink 4 2     GER M-K Goellner 78 77   5 NED R Krajicek 66 61   4 RUS Y Kafelnikov 3 2     ESP A Berasategui 6 6   11 ESP Á Costa 4 6 4   GER M-K Goellner 6 3 6   ESP A Berasategui 7 7     GER M-K Goellner 5 5   Bottom half Section 3 First round Second round Third round Quarterfinals 6 CRO G Ivanišević 6 68 6   AUS M Woodforde 2 710 4 Q DEN F Fetterlein 4 5     NOR C Ruud 6 7     FRA C Pioline 6 6     ZIM B Black 4 3   WC ITA A Gaudenzi 63 2   12 GER B Becker 77 6   14 GBR T Henman 4 7 2   ESP R Carretero 6 5 0r Q ITA D Scala 6 63 77 Q ITA D Musa 4 77 64   AUS S Draper 7 6     UKR A Medvedev 5 3   WC ITA M Martelli 3 2   3 AUT T Muster 6 6   6 CRO G Ivanišević 6 6     NOR C Ruud 2 2     FRA C Pioline 4 5   12 GER B Becker 6 7   14 GBR T Henman 6 3 4 Q ITA D Scala 1 6 6   AUS S Draper 77 5 7 3 AUT T Muster 64 7 5 6 CRO G Ivanišević 79 6   12 GER B Becker 67 3   Q ITA D Scala 5 2     AUS S Draper 7 6   6 CRO G Ivanišević 6 6     AUS S Draper 4 4   Section 4 First round Second round Third round Quarterfinals 8 ESP C Moyà 6 6   WC ITA S Pescosolido 4 4     GER T Haas 3 6 7   SWE M Gustafsson 6 4 5   FRA A Boetsch 77 6     USA A O'Brien 64 4     MAR H Arazi 0 3   10 ESP Á Corretja 6 6   16 AUS M Philippoussis 2 0     MAR K Alami 6 6     USA C Woodruff 6 6     GER D Prinosil 3 2     AUS S Stolle 1 4     ESP S Bruguera 6 6     ARG H Gumy 6 6   2 USA M Chang 3 2   8 ESP C Moyà 6 6     GER T Haas 4 2     FRA A Boetsch 2 3   10 ESP Á Corretja 6 6     MAR K Alami 6 6     USA C Woodruff 0 4     ESP S Bruguera 6 6     ARG H Gumy 1 4   8 ESP C Moyà 4 4   10 ESP Á Corretja 6 6     MAR K Alami 3 6 7   ESP S Bruguera 6 2 5 10 ESP Á Corretja 4 7 6   MAR K Alami 6 5 3 Qualifying Qualifying seeds 30em FRA Fabrice Santoro (qualified) FRA Lionel Roux (qualifying competition) ESP Albert Portas (qualified) ESP Emilio Benfele Álvarez (qualified) AUS Richard Fromberg (first round) ESP Carlos Costa (first round) ARG Franco Squillari (qualifying competition) GER Nicolas Kiefer (first round) FRA Jérôme Golmard (qualified) GER Martin Sinner (qualifying competition) ESP Fernando Vicente (qualifying competition) DEN Frederik Fetterlein (qualified) ARG Gastón Etlis (qualifying competition) ARG Mariano Zabaleta (first round) FRA Olivier Delaître (first round) ARG Guillermo Cañas (first round) Qualifiers 30em FRA Fabrice Santoro ITA Davide Sanguinetti ESP Albert Portas ESP Emilio Benfele Álvarez DEN Frederik Fetterlein ITA Daniele Musa FRA Jérôme Golmard ITA Davide Scala Qualifying draw First qualifier First round Qualifying competition 175 1 FRA Fabrice Santoro 6 6 SUI Ivo Heuberger 0 3 WC ITA Giorgio Galimberti 6 6 16 ARG Guillermo Cañas 4 3 1 FRA Fabrice Santoro 6 6 WC ITA Giorgio Galimberti 1 3 Second qualifier First round Qualifying competition 175 2 FRA Lionel Roux 6 6 ITA Mosé Navarra 2 1 ITA Davide Sanguinetti 6 7 15 FRA Olivier Delaître 3 5 2 FRA Lionel Roux 0 1 ITA Davide Sanguinetti 6 6 Third qualifier First round Qualifying competition 175 3 ESP Albert Portas 6 6 WC ITA Stefano Tarallo 4 3 USA Jim Grabb 6 3 2 13 ARG Gastón Etlis 3 6 6 3 ESP Albert Portas 7 6 13 ARG Gastón Etlis 5 2 Fourth qualifier First round Qualifying competition 175 4 ESP Emilio Benfele Álvarez 6 6 ITA Gabrio Castrichella 3 1 ESP Jacobo Díaz 6 4 6 14 ARG Mariano Zabaleta 4 6 3 4 ESP Emilio Benfele Álvarez 6 6 ESP Jacobo Díaz 2 3 Fifth qualifier First round Qualifying competition 175 5 AUS Richard Fromberg 7 2 3 AUS James Sekulov 5 6 6 ITA Cristiano Caratti 4 3 12 DEN Frederik Fetterlein 6 6 AUS James Sekulov 2 1 12 DEN Frederik Fetterlein 6 6 Sixth qualifier First round Qualifying competition 175 6 ESP Carlos Costa 3 4 ITA Daniele Musa 6 6 ITA Vincenzo Santopadre 5 6 4 11 ESP Fernando Vicente 7 4 6 ITA Daniele Musa 7 6 11 ESP Fernando Vicente 6 2 Seventh qualifier First round Qualifying competition 175 7 ARG Franco Squillari 7 6 ITA Filippo Messori 5 0 WC ITA Daniele Balducci 2 2 9 FRA Jérôme Golmard 6 6 7 ARG Franco Squillari 4 2 9 FRA Jérôme Golmard 6 6 Eighth qualifier First round Qualifying competition 175 8 GER Nicolas Kiefer 4 0 ITA Davide Scala 6 6 WC ITA Florian Allgauer 5 5 10 GER Martin Sinner 7 7 ITA Davide Scala 6 7 10 GER Martin Sinner 2 5 References External links ATP singles draw World Tennis tournament draws Men's Singles